A list of projects and tools – many in the content/asset management and collaboration area.

A list of full time and part time employees – the team is growing!

In the past 6 months, I’ve only had time for a handful of
tiny commits to the Blender code. As much as I love coding and work on
Blender itself, I’m also quite useful for other tasks – especially to
help the Blender project to grow, become more professional and to get
more developers on board.Blender has grown as a community and volunteering project very well
in the past decade, but the current user demands and our ambitions also
require that we need more full-time developers on board. The past Open
Movies have helped with that, and last year the Development Fund and
gifts from sponsors allowed us to hire more people as well.

vineri, 20 decembrie 2013

Picture Cutout Guide separates solid objects from an arbitrary
background and transfers them to another photo. The software offers
these tools: Wide Edge – allows separation of an object from its
background and storage for later making a picture collage, applies
background effects; Paste Object – pastes a separated image into another
photo, makes a collage of pictures, fulfils export and import of the
objects; Smart Patch – replaces one area of the photo with a “patch”
from another area of the photo; Text; Resize; Crop; Rotation.

sâmbătă, 14 decembrie 2013

iSkysoft Video Converter Ultimate is a comprehensive video tool that
helps you to convert more than 150 video types, including AVI, MP4, WMV
and more. It allows you to rip DVDs and convert videos to play anywhere
with original quality. The 30X converting speed makes the program a real
life saver. You’ll also be able to download and convert online videos
from popular online video sites such as Youtube and Hulu.

marți, 10 decembrie 2013

There is a new generation of Photosynth (Microsoft) with 3D image technology. The software application generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object.
The prior two versions of Microsoft Photosynth, which offer the
original synths and stitched panoramas, are still available on the main
Photosynth website.
Meanwhile, the updated technology
now supports four basic experiences: “spin,” “panorama,” “walk” and
“wall” - see Synth types bellow. As their respective names describe, each offers a different kind
of 3D image viewing experience – a spin around an object as small as a
teacup or as large as a glacial peak, Microsoft explains, a panoramic
view, a walk – like down a path through the woods, for example – or a
slide across a scene.

Synth Types

Photosynth : spin
Spin around an object as small as a seashell or as large as a mountain.

Photosynth : panorama
Put yourself in the center of a space and look in every direction.

Photosynth : walk
Follow a path through the woods or fly toward a destination.

Photosynth : wall
Slide across a scene, checking out every last detail.

iResizer enables new smart ways of resizing images without deforming
or cropping the content. It can scale an image without changing
important visual content such as people, buildings, animals, etc. While
normal resizing affects all pixels uniformly when scaling an image,
iResizer resizing mostly affects pixels in areas that do not have
important visual content.
It also can be used to remove portion of the image in a consistent way.

vineri, 6 decembrie 2013

Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper is one of the best Blu-ray ripping software
that can help users rip their Blu-ray movies easily to High Definition
video and common video files for editing, watching on
computer/devices/HDTV, backup. It provides users as many output profiles
as you can imagine, such as MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, iPad, iPhone,
iPod, PSP, Samsung Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Note, etc. With ATI and CUDA
hardware acceleration tech, the HD output with h.264 encoder is no
longer a problem. Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper will not let you to wait for a
whole night just rip a Blu-ray disc to HD video and it provides a 6X
Faster conversion speed.
With ATI and CUDA hardware acceleration tech, the HD output with
h.264 encoder is no longer a problem. Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper will not
let you to wait for a whole night just rip a Blu-ray disc to HD video
and it provides a 6X Faster conversion speed.
In addition, Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper can also rip DVD and convert
videos to any video format you want. It allows users to edit the output
video’s effect, trim output video’s length, remove the black bars of the
movie. You can easily choose your favorite subtitle and audio track
from the Blu-ray/DVD movies when you convert the movie.